Linking the moral hazard and leverage in companies

  1. Retolaza, José Luis
  2. San-Jose, Leire
  3. Urionabarrenetxea, Sara
  4. García-Merino, Domingo
Revista:
Ramon Llull journal of applied ethics

ISSN: 2013-8393

Año de publicación: 2016

Número: 7

Páginas: 143-166

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Ramon Llull journal of applied ethics

Información de financiación

This work is part of the research group ECRI Ethics in Finance and Social Value (GIU 12/58 & GIU 15/10) at UPV/EHU, and it is supported by FESIDE (BOPV 20.01.2014). We also want to thank University of Cantabria for the AMADEUS data access and Darden Business School for providing the environment in which much of the paper was written.

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